Rope-tired wheel



May 24, 1927.

E..N.ITURNER ROPE TIRED WHEEL Filed April 50. 1926 Patented May 24 1927; f j tazasrt y QELIJAHgNNTURNEB, oestrin UNITED sTATEsaItMmFoRT .WINT,PHILIPPINE y -L1sLAND's. Y/ LROPE-TFIREQMEEEL.

i' Application filed April 30, 1926. SerialV No. 105,882.

(GnANrEnUNnnR THEAcT or MARGH e, ieee; zzsrAr. `L. 625.) yf The invention described herein Vmay be cumference the fellyis providedwitha pair` used by the Government, or any of Vits ofof holes 8-8 located adjacent the sides of ficers or employees in prosecution of Work the groove and of afsize to receive the rope lfor the Government, or by any yother perto be used 'in tiring the Wheel.

son in the United States, Without payment Mounted on the huby of the Wheel is a 55 to me of any royalty thereon, in accordance lever 9 preferably bent and secured fin any with the actof March, 1883. suitable manner specifically by the hubcap This invention relates to arope tired Wheel 10. Attached to the lever at its bent porv and to a method of installing the tire thereon. tionv is a spring 11, the purpose of WhichV l The general method ofv installing rope Willpresently appear. e' 605. tires on Wheels consists in'V drawing a section The tir l2 consists of a lsection of rope of rope as tightly-as possible about the yfelly and is installed in the following manner :f and joining the ends by splicing. This is An end of they rope is passed through one not only a dilcult task requiring considerof the holes 8 from the outside and knotted. V y l5 able time but one Which is very hardon the VThe rope is then Wound aboutthe felly in 65 hands ofthe operator. Furthermore,unless vthe groovev 7 and the free Vend inserted the tire is secured very tightly it slips andy through the other hole 8 Whereit is drawn' -When loosened by stretching due toivvear" it taut and fastened to the spring 11.v The is cut on Vthe side rim of the Wheel thusnelever-.is turnedfuntil the spring is under ten-v cessitating replacement or repair bysplicing:` sion and is then advanced under further, 70

- ina new section. l j Y tension ofthe spring tov the lfirstV available Y The principal object of this inventionis Yspokeof the Wheel Where it 'is .locked in to overcome the difficulties encountered in place by means of a catch 13 pivotally seinstalling al rope tire and to provide meansl cured on the extremityH of the lever.Y The on a Wheel for securing yoneend of a tire .catch may be turned inso as not to strike 75` and for taking upslack. the spokeslonl operation vof the lever.

To these and other ends, kmy invention It Willpthus be seen thattheV tireis kept consists in the construction, arrangement, tight about the Wheel and that slack may and combinationof elements, described herebereadily taken up by advancingthe lever v inafter and pointed o-ut in the claims formthe required amount. 80 ing a part of this specilication.l L Y AWhile in the foregoing there has been A practical embodiment of the inventionl illustrated' and described such combination is illustrated in the accompanying ,dravv-k andv arrangement ofelements as constitute ings, wherein: the preferred embodiment of my invention, Fig. l is a vieW in side elevationl of a it is nevertheless desired to emphasize the 85. Wheel constructed in accordance With the fact-that interpretation of the inventionl invention; Y. should only be conclusive Whenl made in the Fig. 2 is an edge View thereof; l light ofthe subjoined claims. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-*3 "I claim: "1 v of Fig. l; Y f1. A Wheel, embodying Ya peripherally 90 Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 4 4 grooved felly provided With a pair of holes, of Fig. l; A ya bentl lever mounted on the hub of the Fig. 5 is a detail View of the lever; and e Wheel, a *pivoted catch' on the end of the Fig. 6 is a detail View of the lever catch. lever adapted to engage thefspokesl of the Referringlto Vthe drawings by numerals Wheel, a spring attached to the bent portion 95v of reference: l 4 of the lever, a'ropepassed through one of In carrying out the invention there is pro# the holes and knotted, said rope Wound iny vided a Wheel 5 Whose felly 6 is formed Ythe groove of the felly'and the other'end witha peripheral groove 7 in which is to be of the rope inserted through the remaining placed a rope tire. AAt any point'in its cirhole and secured to the spring. l. 100

2. A Wheel embodying a peripherally means for looking the lever in place, a grooved elly provided vvith a pair Vof holes, spring secured to the lever, and a rope tire a bent lever mounted on the hulo of the consisting` of a section of rope, one end of Wheel, means forloelring the lever in place, which is secured to the Wheel and the other l5 n a spring attached to the bent portion vofthe end to the spring.

lever, a rope passed through one of the 4. A wheel, a lever mounted on its hub,

holes and knotted, seid rope Wound in the means for locking the lever in place, land a `groove of the elly and the other end of the rope tire consisting of 2L Section of rope, one

rope inserted through the remaining hole end of which is secured to the Wheel and 20 l0 and secured to the Spring. the other end `to the lever.

3. A Wheel, a lever mounted on its hub, f Y ELIJ AH N. TURNER. 

